tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post4140509979620567529..comments2023-10-25T06:17:13.178-04:00Comments on The Freeholder: It's all about the voltage dropUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-28816013126730027052019-04-18T16:44:44.951-04:002019-04-18T16:44:44.951-04:00I'm not to go that far off into Theory World. ...I'm not to go that far off into Theory World. Reactance will just have to suck it up, so to speak.<br /><br />I've kept looking at this, and I've found one thing that makes it a lot clearer, at least in terms of "Do I need to be concerned about voltage, amperage or watts?" I've found that in AC wiring, amperage is the thing you key on. In DC, it's voltage drop.<br /><br />I may just leave it there.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-38395144830825744582019-04-17T21:33:31.075-04:002019-04-17T21:33:31.075-04:00"Seems to me like a great reason to work in w..."Seems to me like a great reason to work in watts." It gets more confusing when your load has some reactance; then you gotta think about lead and lag of voltage and current AND, luckily, I don't have to because ignorance is bliss. I'm just gonna assume the load is purely resistive.<br /><br />A non-tech friend wanted to know the difference 'twixt voltage and current. I replied that a wire is like a garden hose wherein voltage is water pressure and current is gallons per minute. Didn't help...Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800106790176447938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-56896552961427830012019-04-17T21:17:40.687-04:002019-04-17T21:17:40.687-04:00I've been doing some more reading, and it'...I've been doing some more reading, and it's a confusing thing for me. I've found articles that, like B, point out it's not really current drop but voltage drop. I find others that discuss current drop vs. voltage drop, and at this particular point in time I have to admit not getting the gist of the thing. Then there are the articles on current drop.<br /><br />I get the difference between voltage (measured in volts) and current (measured in amps), but there is a relationship between the two. As they put it at https://www.diffen.com/difference/Current_vs_Voltage "Voltage is the cause and current is the effect." And then every time I think I have this stuff, something happens and I don't.<br /><br />Seems to me like a great reason to work in watts.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-32961083208969038342019-04-17T16:25:45.276-04:002019-04-17T16:25:45.276-04:00Never heard the term "current drop" befo...Never heard the term "current drop" before. Seems rather misleading what with all currents into and out of a node being equal and such.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800106790176447938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-15679502925127577112019-04-15T12:54:33.207-04:002019-04-15T12:54:33.207-04:00Thanks, B. I've thought on it some, and even t...Thanks, B. I've thought on it some, and even though the term "current drop" is what led me to the information, in reality voltage drop we're calculating. I'll fix it in the title, but I'm going to leave it where I talk about how I found it. Thanks for pushing me to rethink my original stance on it.The Freeholderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989697995675652792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6455819.post-87802063701583495682019-04-14T23:06:08.175-04:002019-04-14T23:06:08.175-04:00Voltage drop. Current is a factor of voltage and r...Voltage drop. Current is a factor of voltage and resistance. <br /><br />B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.com